CO129-571-10 Sino-Japanese War- Medical Relief Commission of the National Red Cross Society of China 12-9-1938 - 7-10-1938 — Page 29

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under Chinese conditions.

To insure the continued

application of the methods taught and to secure a definite

standard of efficiency in the field, the organisation of the medical service and all working procedures have been set forth

in regulations and standing orders, which represent the

objective of the training program.

Further, the members of the senior teaching staff

are appointed as Field Consultants to the Units, and are to make inspection trips to all sectors in order to continuously

improve the service, through supervision in the field, and

correction of or addition to regulations, standing orders, and

training program.

Besides the technical aspects of training, serious attention is paid to discipline, morale and socio-political understanding. Military drill and discipline are strictly enforced, and the students addressed to give them a clear

concept of their duty as citizens and as members of the medical

service in the present war.

APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING AND EXTENDING

MEDICAL TRAINING.

With the extension of hostilities to the interior

provinces of China and the lengthening of the fighting line, the need for medical personnel is becoming increasingly greater. Furthermore, the supply of doctors, nurses and trained medical

orderlies, is now virtually exhausted. This need for new

personnel, combined with the great inefficiency of those now

in the medical service, creates a situation which can only be

remedied /